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Finance committee recommends DPW budget after detailed presentation by Jeff Colby
Summary
The Finance Committee voted to recommend the Department of Public Works budget after a detailed presentation on facilities, wastewater planning, vehicle maintenance and enterprise funds. The committee asked for clearer enterprise fund balances and more information on long-term O&M costs.
Jeff Colby, representing the Town of Yarmouth Department of Public Works, presented the department’s FY22–23 budgets and said the division has completed a new DPW building and several capital projects while facing rising maintenance and disposal costs. "We had a ribbon cutting this November, and we're in there — it's an excellent building that will meet the needs of the DPW and the town for many years to come," Colby said.
The presentation summarized work across DPW portfolios: about 17 public buildings, roughly 26 parks and beaches, seven cemeteries, and some 19 miles of annual pavement maintenance. Colby highlighted major and recurring expenses, including a roughly $3,000,000 police-station HVAC project (about halfway complete), ongoing pump-station rehabs, and planning and design funding for a wastewater treatment facility. He said the town completed phase 1 of the Higgins Kroll shared-use path…
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